Clothes-line.



L. NELSON. CLOTHES LINE. APPLICATION FILED NGV. l, 1915.

Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

31a/vento@ vJOHN NELSON @fragilidad @FEQ JOHN NELSON, OF STAMFDED, NEBRASQ.

CLOTHES-LIN E.

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To all whomy it' may concern:

Be it known that l, donn NELSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stamford, in the county of Harlan and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Lines, of which the following is a specication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. f

.This invention relates to an improved clothes line and has for its primary object to provide a line for hanging or suspending clothes, which is so constructed that the use of pins or other analogous fastening` elements is rendered unnecessary.

It is a more particular object of Vthe invention to provide a clothes line embodying a plurality of links each constructed from a singleJ length upon itself to provide end loops in the link, the end portions of the wire being extended along and in contact with the medial portion thereof and the extremities of the wire permanently soldered together, said end -portions being provided with spaced bends therein to increase the gripping. action of the same upon the articles of clothing interposed between said ends of the wire and its medial portion.

The invention has for a further general object to improve and simplify the construction of devices of the above character, increase .their durability and efficiency in practical operation, and reduce the manufacturing cost thereof to a minimum.

llith the alcove and other objects in view, my invention consists in the'novel features of construction, combination and arrangef ment of parts to be hereinafter described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawiugin which,

Figure l is a plan view of a portion of a clothes line constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary elevation showing a fabric article held in the line:

Eig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. eis a section taken on the line Ll-l of Fig. 2.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 indicates one of the links of the clothes line. Each link is constructed from a` single length of'resilient metal wire which is bent upon itself at spaced points'to provide the terminal loops 6 in the link. he end portions 7 of the wire extend along the medial man@ Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed November 1, 1915.

an adjacent link so of resilient metal wire bent,

more fully Patented an. il, i916.

Serial No. 59,692.

portion thereof andare normally in contact with the same, as clearly shown in Fig. l. The extremities of the wire are permanently soldered or otherwise fixed together, as indicated at 8.

wire link has a plurality of spacedbends or Each end portion 7 ofthe longitudinally curved sections 9 therein which constitute gripping jaws.

rlhe several'links of the clothes line are connected together in the manner shown in Fig. 1, theterminal ing engaged in one of th terminal loops of that the links remain permanently connected together. lt will be understood that the clothes line may be constructed in any desired length and the indifree to assume vato each other within vidual links thereof are rions positions relative certainlimits. ln applying the articlesof fabric to the line, the same are engaged within the wide terminal loops 6 of the links and the articles forced inwardly between the medial portion of vthe llink wire .andthe ends 7 thereof so that said sections will be sprung outwardly and the'` fabric material will thus be received in and gripped'fby the curved jaw sections 9 of the wire, shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. Thus, the articles will be securely clamped'and held in the-several links insuch manner as to preclude the possibility though the articles are violently agitated by strong winds. lt will be understood that the articles can he very easily and quickly disengaged from simply grasping the side of the yend loops 6 tended, and pulling outwardly -up'on the same, thereby loosening the gripping action of the jaws 9 upon the articles so that said articles can be withdrawn from between the jaws and the opposed medial portion of the wire. link.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanyi ing, it manner of use the invention will be clearly derstood. By means of my improved wire link construction necessity of-using pins or other fasteningA elements for securing the articles to the line, is obviated. As each link is formed from ai single'length of wire which may be readily nent to produce the several structural feav tures of the link, it is apparent that the inand several advantages o of their release evenloop 6 of each link be- L as clearly the links of the line byY g ydrawbelieved that 'the construction' and fully un for the clothes line, the

gg memos fentionA may be produced at comparatively imall manufacturing cost. The device is Llso very durable, as well as reliable and eicient in practical use.

While 1 have shown and described the preferred construction and arrangement of he several features of the device, it is to be inderstood that the same is susceptible of zonsiderable modification therein and I, therefore, reserve the privilegeoitl adopting all such legitimate modifications as may be fairly embodied Within the spirit and scope 3f the invention as claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by LettersPatent is:-

A clothes line consisting of a series of links each formed from a single length of Wire bent upon itself to produce terminal loops for connection to the corresponding loops of adjacent links, the end portionsof the Wire being extended along the medial portion thereof and resiliently engaged With the same, said end portions of the Wire being permanently connected together at their eX- tremities and each end portion having a plurality of gripping jaws formed therein.

ln testimony whereof hereunto ailix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN NELSON.

Witnesses L. B. CARRAHEP., F. L. ARFORD.

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